Mommabee

Chrissy, but I've been a "mommabee" so long I'm not sure I'll answer to anything else!!!:wink:

I LOVE Calenetics (sp?). It's not cardio, so it doesn't really burn any calories, but it is a series of small moves that really work the deep down muscles. My husband never says to much about what I am doing (think he's afraid of saying the wrong thing!) but he did comment that he noticed a big difference when I was doing…

Welcome Sarah! This is a great site for support and motivation. I'm so sorry to hear about the accident and your ongoing pain, you are much to young to have all that happen to you! Glad you made it through though and now we all get a chance to share in your weight loss success! Good luck! Hugs :flowerforyou:

Valentines Day is about love, you just gave yourself a big fluffy hug. Now today you are back to the tough love your body needs to stay healthy! You have a great attitude, it's over, can't change it, move on! Hugs!:flowerforyou:

You are so right! Thanks for sharing that with us all. I know we all know that deep down inside, we all just need to hear it out loud now and then! Hugs!:flowerforyou:

Hear hear kgasser! What you said was right on! The only thing I can add is DRINK YOUR WATER!!! LOTS OF IT!!!! And be patient with your body, it just wants to protect you so sometimes is does crazy things because it thinks you are in danger. Listen to it and it will listen to you! Good luck and welcome! Hugs:flowerforyou:

Don't give up on eating right! Don't think of it as a diet, think of it as learning to eat and live right. Your body is amazing, it does so much on so little! We expect it to take care of us no matter what, but all we do for it is complain about it! Think of is as your best friend in this world, one that will never let you…

Hi! My kids are all gone now, but not long enough that I don't remember what it was like when they were home! If you don't mind having an older friend, I would love to share in your "new you"! Plus, I can always help assure you that having kids is survivable, (there are those days...:noway: ) if I can do it, so can you!…

My body sure feels like I've worked out!

Very interesting, I've never thought of tracking my progress that way. Thanks for sharing and for the inspiration.

Yum Yum Yum!!!!! I am so making this this weekend! Thanks for the post and the tweek so we all can try it! Hugs!:flowerforyou:

Welcome Donna! You have found a great site, lots of motivation and really great people! Good luck on your journey to looking and feeling better! Hugs!:flowerforyou:

Awesome!!!! Way to go!!! I see big changes also and I bet there are big changes inside too, don't you just FEEL better? Keep up the good work! Hugs!:flowerforyou:

Are you drinking your water? :drinker: You didn't mention anything about that. I have found that the water helps more that anything. How are you doing with the rest of your daily totals, carbs, fat, sodium, etc? Are you over or under on those? Sodium can play a big part in water retention and I have found that I have to…

I'm certainly no expert, but sometimes when I eat over my calories it doesn't show up for a couple of days. I think this might be why some people do really good for days and then when they weigh in they stay the same or have gained weight. I think it's cumulative not necessarily something that shows up right away. And it's…

Welcome! This is a great place, you will get all kinds of help! And from an Army mom, thank you for your service.

Welllll look at the bright side, at least it wasn't a banana split, or chips, or candy bars, cookies, cake... Ummmm the possiblities are endless and it could be worse...

Amazing! A bathing suit that actually looks good and didn't cost a million dollars! Congratulations!!! You wear that suit to the beach girl! You wear it for all of us who are still looking for one that even comes close to looking good! Just think of the one you will be able to get when you reach your goal, you are gonna…

[/quote] [/quote] It probably not muscle weight gained. That would be almost impossible. Then again, you probably didn't lose 5 pounds of fat in the first week either. Water weight, sodium, time of day, what you ate yesterday... they all come into play when talking about a daily weight. If you lost 3 total pounds in 2…

Yes you do need to do this for you! And in the end, you know what, you will have done something for them by making sure you are around longer! Eating healthy is really something you do for everyone, buying that sexy new dress when you reach your goal, now that is something you do for you!!!!:devil: As you know this is a…

I am right there with you only my scale jumped 3 pounds this week!!!! :mad: And I haven't done one thing differently than I have any other week! I was soooooo frustrated I wanted to go out and just eat EVERYTHING!:explode: But I didn't, I just let myself have a grilled cheese with TWO different cheeses and SWEET pickles…

Get yourself some protein powder. Look for the kind made for women and that is low in carbs. They say this is the best thing to have after a work out. If you feel like you need to chew something make yourself a turkey sandwich on Ezekiel bread. Lots of protein and fiber! I think it's great you can work out at lunch! As…

Hi! This is a great site, you will love it! Just make sure you are honest with yourself and write down EVERYTHING you eat! One of the other members has this great saying, "if you bite it, WRITE IT!" Trust me, if you have to write down that second cookie, you'll think twice about eating it!!! LOL!!! And make sure you drink…

Get extra and have him put a sheet of deli paper between the oz's, he has to weigh it anyway! Remember, you're the customer and you are always right!!!!:wink: Hugs!:flowerforyou:

You have to walk through the sh** but you don't have to do it barefoot... Get help sweetie. Hugs:flowerforyou:

I'm in Southeast Michigan too! Lake Orion to be exact!

YAY!!!! You go and you have a GOOOD time!!!! Keep us posted! Hugs!!:flowerforyou:

My husband too loves to cook and he is AMAZING at it, sigh... I know lots of women who would kill to have husbands who could at least boil water, let alone cook a whole meal! I guess we all want what we haven't got! Luckily, mine is helping me with my new life. He still eats what he wants, but he also tries to cook things…

My heart hurts for all of you! I wish there was something I could say or do to make it all go away, but I know there isn't, so please just know that I am thinking of all of you and will say a prayer for your continued strength. There are alot of very strong and amazing people on this website! Hugs to you all.:flowerforyou:…

Your BMR is the calories you burn by simply being alive (find yours in "tools"). If you eat 3500 less calories than your BMR you will loose a pound. As far as I can tell, this is what the "5 weeks" number is based on. So if the calories you have taken in today extrapolated over 5 weeks show that you will loose 10 pounds…